Guiyi Fei Tang

Chapter 38: Don't be Liu
"General Liu!"

"Well, hard work."

At noon the next day, as Liu Jilian walked out of a small courtyard next to Jie'er Mansion, two soldiers on duty at the door saluted him, and he responded verbally.

Within one night, the news that he had become a special general spread throughout the Shazhou Army, and people's way of addressing him also changed.

In response to this, he walked out of the courtyard and looked down at his appearance of "nine buckles on a leather belt", and couldn't help but sighing in his heart.

Zhang Yichao is an idealist, which is a fact that Liu Jilong has always believed.

However, Zhang Yichao's performance yesterday undoubtedly demonstrated his means as the leader of the Shazhou Army.

He supported himself, who had no background, to become a general of Shandan, so that he could help Zhang Huairong and prevent the Suo family from dominating Shandan.

Although he was taken advantage of, Liu Jilong was still quite happy.

For someone like him who has no background, it is actually a good thing to be used.

On the contrary, if he is of no use at all, it means that he will only be a lieutenant in this life, which is not the result he wants.

After becoming a general, he also had his own small courtyard. Although it was just a small courtyard with a stone and rammed earth wall and only five houses inside, he was still very happy.

Once upon a time, I could only live in a large dormitory, but now I have my own independent courtyard.

Thinking of this, Liu Jilong was so happy that he could not express it in words, not to mention the other benefits he would receive after becoming a general.

In terms of official positions alone, in the entire Shandan City, only Zhang Huairong and Suo Xun had higher official positions than him, and the others were either at the same level or subordinate.

Isn't this the situation he has been looking forward to for a long time?
Just to be a good third person, he needs to do a lot of things, and it is not easy to be the third person.

"General Liu!"

"Thanks for your hard work"

When he arrived at Jie'er Mansion, Liu Jilong exchanged polite words with the dozen or so soldiers at the door as he did before, and then walked into the mansion.

After passing through the gate and the open space, he came to the main hall, where many captains bowed to him and greeted him.

Everyone knew that Liu Jilong was able to be promoted so quickly because he was appreciated by Zhang Yichao, but they were not jealous of Liu Jilong.

After all, Liu Jilong is indeed a real talent, and they have to admit that.

As everyone bowed, Liu Jilian came to the second seat on the right side of the team. The person before him was Suo Xun, who had once given him advice outside Jiuquan City.

"Suo Guoyi..."

Liu Jilian bowed to Suo Xun. The two were about the same age. Suo Xun nodded to show that he understood, but did not return the greeting.

Liu Jilong didn't say anything about this. He just stood there, waiting for Zhang Yichao, Zhang Huairong and others to come out.

Half a cup of tea passed, and Zhang Yichao, Zhang Huairong, Suo Zhongyi, Li En and others walked into the main hall one after another, and everyone bowed to them.

Zhang Yichao came and sat down in the main seat, Zhang Huairong stood beside him, while Suo Zhongyi and Li En stood in the first and second seats on the left.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Zhang Yichao finally spoke: "Early in the morning, Zhang Sima and I went outside the city to see the situation outside the city."

"Shandan is the eastern gateway of Shazhou. In order to prevent the aboriginal people from causing chaos, I plan to lead the Shandan aboriginal soldiers and their families to relocate to Suzhou."

"This Eastern Expedition has ended, so I will return to Shazhou to take charge. I will decide on some arrangements for other states and cities after I return to Shazhou."

"Does anyone have any opinions?" Zhang Yichao glanced around the hall. Everyone looked at each other, but no one spoke out in rebuttal.

When only the three prefectures of Gua, Sha and Su were recovered, there were still people who dared to question Zhang Yichao.

However, as Zhang Yichao recovered Ganzhou, a populous province, his prestige undoubtedly reached a higher level, and the number of powerful people within the Shazhou army also increased.

Faced with the complicated situation, even Li En and Suo Zhongyi, the powerful people in Shazhou, would not openly question Zhang Yichao.

"Since you have no objection, then order the Shandan soldiers and their families to pack their bags and leave for Suzhou in three days!" After he finished speaking, he looked at Suo Xun:

"There is unrest in Helong now, and many bandits are gathering in Hehuang. In order to prevent the bandits from invading, the abandoned Qilian City must be repaired. Suo Xun will lead the troops to do this."

"I obey your command!" Suo Xun responded without hesitation.

Qilian City is located at the foot of Qilian Mountain, in the upper reaches of the Dan River. The Dan River flows around Shandan and is the longest and largest river in Shandan.

By guarding Qilian City, we can protect the water source of Shandan and also prevent the Tubo in Hehuang area from crossing the Qilian Mountains to attack.

It is for this reason that Zhang Yichao cares so much about this place and gives it to Suo Xun to garrison.

However, although Suo Xun had no objection, Suo Zhongyi was unwilling.

"Qi Lian City is certainly important, but there is no need to send Suo Xun there. Compared to Qi Lian City, Shandan is more important."

Suo Zhongyi realized that this was Zhang Yichao's way of restricting the Suo family, so he spoke out to stop it.

"Shandan has Sima Zhang in there, don't worry."

Zhang Yichao glanced at Suo Zhongyi calmly, then stood up and said, "That's the arrangement. Everyone, leave now."

"I'll take my leave!"

He turned and left, and all the generals bowed and saluted, even Suo Zhongyi, who had a grim look on his face.

The meeting ended briefly, and people like Suo Zhongyi and Li En turned around and left, while the officials who were notified to garrison in Shandan last night stayed.

Zhang Huairong sat in the main seat where Zhang Yichao had just sat, and glanced at Suo Xun, Liu Jilong and the other five captains.

"Please take your seats. This is a long story and I'm afraid I can't finish it in a short while."

"Yes……"

Everyone agreed, and Suo Xun walked to the first chair on the left opposite and sat down.

Seeing this, Liu Jilong also moved forward and sat on the first chair on the right.

The other five captains each chose their own seats and sat down, waiting for Zhang Huairong's instructions.

"You all heard what the governor said just now. From today on, Shandan will be under our garrison."

Zhang Huairong sat in the main seat. Although he did not have the ability of Zhang Huaishen, at least he was willing to communicate and was not a stubborn person.

"I have looked through the Shandan treasury and read all the documents."

"After Lu Yan and his soldiers and their families moved away, there were still 365 households and more than 2,200 people left in Shandan."

"The governor said that all the money, grain and livestock in the treasury and barns will not be taken away, and will be left for us to use in restoring Shandan."

"I would like to ask you, what do you think about restoring Shandan?"

As he finished speaking, he glanced at everyone, and Suo Xun bowed and spoke:
"I will take the light cavalry to check out the situation in Qilian City first. Shandan's top priority right now is to build Qilian City to guard against the attacks of the bandits from Hehuang. Therefore, money, food, people and livestock must be sent to Qilian City first."

"In addition, our army needs to build beacon towers and stone forts in Qilian City, Longshou Mountain, and Yanzhi Mountain to guard against the Huihe in the north and the foreign bandits in the east."

There was nothing wrong with Suo Xun's suggestions. The former was the city that Zhang Yichao had instructed to be repaired, and the latter was also the focus of the defense rectification.

In response, Zhang Huairong nodded in approval, then turned his gaze to Liu Jilong, as if signaling him to say something.

Feeling Zhang Huairong's gaze, Liu Jilong also took a deep breath, then raised his hand and bowed:

"I think..."

(End of this chapter)